Dominic Edward Cooper born 2 June 1978 is an English actor He first worked in television and film before making his stage debut in Mother Claps Molly House at the National Theatre in 2001 He was also involved in Alan Bennetts play The History Boys as the character Dakin He has had notable roles in the Royal National Theatres adaptation of the His Dark Materials trilogy where he played the lead character Will Parry the TV series Down To Earth 2004 and Sense Sensibility 2008 In 2008 he appeared as Sky in Mamma Mia in which he also sang several songs The same year he appeared in The Duchess as Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey He starred in films An Education and Freefall in 2009 and also played Hippolytus in Phèdre at the National Theatre In 2010 he played rock drummer Ben in the film Tamara Drewe and in 2011 played the leading roles in The Devils Double which was critically acclaimed but criticized In 2011 he first appeared as Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Initially appearing in the film Captain America The First Avenger he reprised his role in the Marvel OneShot Agent Carter two years later and in the television series of the same name in 2015 and 2016 In 2012 he appeared as vampire Henry Sturges in Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Around this time he was cast in the lead role in the unproduced Albert Hughes project Motor City In 2014 he portrayed the main antagonist in two films Dino Brewster in Need for Speed and Mehmed in Dracula Untold He depicted author Ian Fleming in the television miniseries Fleming The Man Who Would Be Bond in 2014 The next year he appeared in two films Miss You Already and The Lady in the Van He played Jesse Custer the lead role in AMCs Preacher 2016 He costarred in the Warcraft film adaptation which was released in June 2016 In late 2016 he starred in a wellreceived West End revival of Stephen Jeffreys 1994 play The Libertine at the Haymarket Theatre he played John Wilmot Earl of Rochester the role originated on stage by John Malkovich and played by Johnny Depp in the 2004 film He reprised his role of Sky in 2018s sequel film Mamma Mia Here We Go Again Description above is from the Wikipedia article Dominic Cooper licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia